December

Monday 12/3
===1. Students viewed a clip of a positive new musical duo named "Nuttin But Stringz" who are classically trained violinists and have put a "hip hop" twist to their style. Check out their background http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuttin_but_stringz on wikipedia and on their home page at http://www.nuttinbutstringz.com/=== ===2. Students also saw a clip of "the mom song" which is a hilarious account of all of the things a mom says in a 24 hour period condensed into 3 minutes and put to music. If you search on Youtube for the mom song, you'll find it!=== ===3. Students were reminded that their parent permission slips were due today, and at the latest, tomorrow when they enter the room because we will be watching "Miss Potter" Tues. & Wed. To check out what the movie is about, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482546/===

As students watch the movie, I want them to think about and have a response for some questions that will be posted tomorrow in the room.
===4. Finally, students each got a literature book and we previewed T__he Legend of Sleepy Hollow__ story in the book and the literary analysis handout is due Thursday in class. It can be done on paper (handout given in class) or digitally on [|moodle.]===

We will watch the movie __Miss Potter__ and answer the following questions when we are finished:

 * 1) ===Why did Beatrix Potter have such a hard time being taken seriously as an author?===
 * 2) ===Would you be as persistent and tenacious as Miss Potter if you had a dream you wanted to fulfill?===

Monday 12/10 (Happy Birthday Rachael Coffroth)
===1. We finished discussing the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and students turned in their packets. We ended our discussion with [|legends] that we have heard growing up, and also one of the [|Blue Eyed Six] that is a local [|one f]or Annville. **Tomorrow we will complete a webquest to learn about the life of Edgar Allen Poe. We will study his famous poem [|The Raven] and his famous scary story The Tell-Tale Heart.**===

**Tuesday 12/11**
===**1. Students worked to complete a webquest on Edgar Allan Poe to find out who he was and why he is so famous. The webquest document can be found on moodle, which is where students should have uploaded their answers.**===

**1. Students will finish replying in moodle to another student's post.**
===**2. We will preview [|"The Raven"] and listen to the story out loud. Students will complete activities with the vocabulary words and literary devices used in the story.**===

1. Look at the forum posts on "The Tell-Tale Heart"
===2. Discuss The Raven and look at the literary devices used: Allusion, Assonance, Symbolism, Repetition - students will be assigned parts of the Literary Device and Word Choice handout to complete after the break. Wednesday 12/19===